Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift

L Ding, P Kapp, F Cai, CN Garzione, Z Xiong… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The timing of the initial India–Asia collision and the mechanisms that led to the eventual
formation of the high (> 5 km) Tibetan Plateau remain enigmatic. In this Review, we describe …

The growth of northeastern Tibet and its relevance to large‐scale continental geodynamics: A review of recent studies

DY Yuan, WP Ge, ZW Chen, CY Li, ZC Wang… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies of the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau have called attention to two
emerging views of how the Tibetan Plateau has grown. First, deformation in northern Tibet …

[PDF][PDF] 现今中国大陆地壳运动与活动块体模型

王敏, 沈正康, 牛之俊, 张祖胜, 孙汉荣… - 中国科学(D 辑: 地球 …, 2003 - researchgate.net
摘要通过分析中国地壳运动观测网络GPS 数据特别是1999 年与2001 年区域网数据,
我们初步得到了中国大陆地壳运动速度场, 并用统计分析的方法从高密度台站速度场中区分出9 …

[图书][B] Global tectonics

P Kearey, KA Klepeis, FJ Vine - 2009 - books.google.com
The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant …

Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma

C Li, RD Van der Hilst, AS Meltzer… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008 - Elsevier
Subduction of the Indian lithosphere under Eurasia plays an important role in the tectonic
evolution of the Tibetan plateau and surrounding regions. To improve our knowledge of …

Implications of crustal property variations for models of Tibetan plateau evolution

TJ Owens, G Zandt - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Shear-coupled teleseismic P waves sampling the interior of the Tibetan plateau provide
evidence of systematic variations in crustal structure. The crust thins by up to 20 km from …

Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet

M Chen, F Niu, J Tromp, A Lenardic, CTA Lee… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Long-standing debates exist over the timing and mechanism of uplift of the Tibetan Plateau
and, more specifically, over the connection between lithospheric evolution and surface …

Implications of shortening in the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt for uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

PG DeCelles, DM Robinson, G Zandt - Tectonics, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research in the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt provides two new sets of observations that
are crucial to understanding the evolution of the Himalayan‐Tibetan orogenic system. First …

East Asia mantle tomography: New insight into plate subduction and intraplate volcanism

W Wei, J Xu, D Zhao, Y Shi - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
We present a new P-wave tomographic model beneath East Asia by inverting 1,401,797
arrival-time data recorded by the regional seismic networks in East Asia and temporary …

Seismic evidence for a detached Indian lithospheric mantle beneath Tibet

G Kosarev, R Kind, SV Sobolev, X Yuan, W Hanka… - Science, 1999 - science.org
P-to-S converted teleseismic waves recorded by temporary broadband networks across
Tibet show a north-dipping interface that begins 50 kilometers north of the Zangbo suture at …